More to follow
[...]edited by: G. A. Harrison,
Delmarva Editor
Dec 11 letter from Whisonant to Storm: “You asked that the County begin to produce documents for your review during the week of December 14th, 2009.”
Dec 11 email from Whisonant to Storm: “I will change the wording of the letter and re-send to your attention. At this point [...]
The Town Council will respond to a complaint about how it reports its minutes and closed meetings by a Dec. 18 deadline, said Steve Kehoe, attorney for the council. If the board that examines such complaints determines that the three-member body needs to improve its practices, they will listen, he [...]
A petition demanding citizen participation, information, and the formation of a vigilance committee is now available at [www.ipetitions.com]
[...][From page eight of this document]
Environmental Review Compliance
The project will comply with National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and related statutes as applicable to the circumstances of the project.
All environmental documentation will be prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the NEPA [...]
Here is the approximate location of the 549-acre Crismer Farm (Tax Map 54 Parcel 39). It is located between Hunt-Ray Farm and Tuckahoe State Park:
[...]It appears that Mr. Kratovil was okay with promoting this project without allowing the citizens of Queen Anne’s County even the courtesy of knowing about it. Kratovil`s letter is dated 9/4 which is four days before the 9/8 county letter asking him to support it.
Of course the [...]
A facility similar to the one proposed in Ruthsburg was proposed in Westmoreland County, VA and supported by the County Supervisors (Commissioners). It met with serious community opposition and ended up in court.
There are certain advantages to a Federally-owned facility. A federal facility does not need to comply [...]
Executive Order 13508, Draft Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay, November 9, 2009, beginning at page 30, refers to development pressures on farms and forests and then states: “Losing farms and forests is not in the best interest of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Maintaining healthy, sustainable [...]
7:30 pm
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Ruthsburg Community Center
TO HEAR CONCERNS AND PROVIDE ANSWERS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED 2000 ACRE FEDERAL SECURITY TRAINING FACILITY
YOUR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD, as the Federal Government, with an enormous amount of assistance from the Queen Anne’s County Commissioners, is attempting to construct a [...]
This newly-built facility in West Virginia appears to meet all of the requirements for the proposed State Department training center. Why does the Federal Government want to build another one here in Queen Anne’s County? Need to spend that stimulus money I guess.
[...]The October 5, 2009 Executive Order’s call for “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance” does not seem to have been heard yet at DSS/GSA. See especially Section 10 (b), last few lines — calling for recommendations for strategies to locate federal facilities so as to take [...]
The Centreville Town Council will hold a closed session on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at 5:30 p.m., at the Town Hall Annex, 105 N Liberty Street, to discuss personnel issues and consult with counsel to obtain legal advice on a legal matter in accordance with the Maryland Open Meetings Act, [...]
Goodwill Fire Station Meeting Hall
10:00 a.m.
I. Convene and Introduction of Guests/Participants– Members Anderson and Olson
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. none
III. Old Business -
a. Election of Board Chair, per Town Code, Chapter 20, Article II: 20-6
IV. New Business
a. Jurisdiction of the Citizens Review Board [...]
The sales brochure lists the farms involved and contains several maps and aerial photos. It notes that three of the farms contain mostly open space and cannot be further developed. Also 246.1 acres are in the CRP program (Conservation Resource Program).
[...]Beginning at page 99, the GSA Site Selection Guide summarizes the environmental assessment procedure required by the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). Note on page 101 the requirement that agencies “should focus on significant environmental issues and alternatives to the proposed action.”
The public participation discussion on [...]
Municipalities across Frederick County plan to challenge a new county ordinance in court, according to the local chapter of the Maryland Municipal League.
The ordinance, approved in November, will apply development restrictions related to school capacity on newly annexed properties.
That includes controversial annexations to the north of Frederick , approved this [...]
Agenda Item #10
Town of Centreville
Loan - Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund.
Amount:$2,350,000.
Centreville Arsenic Water Treatment Plant Improvement.
County Annex Building – 2nd Floor (B)
206 North Commerce Street
7:00 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER – Christopher Frank – Chair
II. Review of Minutes from Previous Meeting
III. Citizen Comment (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
IV. Appearances
a. McCrone, Inc. - Site Plan for Kennard Elementary [...]
Program Purpose
Initiate construction of a consolidated training facility capable of supporting all security related training for the Department and the wider foreign affairs community. The existing security training infrastructure is not sufficient to meet current and projected training needs and the training is currently conducted in 15 locations throughout the [...]
The Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), is looking for sources to provide training facilities and qualified instructor personnel in support of the Diplomatic Security Training Center’s mission.
DS is looking for a facility within a radius of 150 statute miles centered on the US Capitol Building.
DS has two [...]
Several weeks ago Bud Roe and I met with Gene Ransom and John Borders with respect to our September 25, 2009 PIA request related to the training facility proposed for Ruthsburg. We conveyed our dissatisfaction at their non compliance with the Maryland Public Information Act and expressed our concerns that [...]
A $2 million effort to map the likelihood of shore protection as sea level rises is summarized in a new article entitled “State and local governments plan for development of most land vulnerable to rising sea level along the U.S. Atlantic Coast.”
The maps divide coastal low lands into four [...]
Artesian Water Maryland, a subsidiary of Artesian Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:ARTNA), announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the water assets of the town of Port Deposit, subject to approval by the Maryland Public Service Commission, Cecil County and other regulatory agencies. The investment in the Port [...]
Critical decisions were made at the meeting of the Port Deposit Town Council on Tuesday night regarding the controversial proposed sale of its water and wastewater treatment plants.
The town is facing a significant operational deficit and cannot maintain its water and sewer infrastructure with its current revenue, town officials said.
Port [...]
6:00 p.m.
Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company
The Centreville Town Council will hold a closed session on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., at the Town Hall Annex, 105 N Liberty Street, to discuss personnel issues and consult with counsel to obtain legal advice on a legal matter in accordance with [...]
The 1,400-acre Hunt Ray Farm in Queen Anne’s County has been chosen as the preferred site to build a new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center.
That decision by the General Services Administration was announced today by Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin and Rep. Frank Kratovil, all Maryland Democrats.
The Hunt [...]
At a meeting Tuesday with Maryland transportation officials, the Queen Anne’s County Commissioners continued to emphasize the county’s top transportation safety priority is getting an interchange built at U.S. Route 301 and state Route 304.
But state officials said funding for capital transportation projects has been cut severely. State Highway Administration [...]
The Leagues of Women Voters of Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties invite the citizens of Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne’s Counties to a preview of the 2010 Maryland General Assembly.
The Legislative Preview will feature members of our 36th District Delegation: Senator E. J. Pipkin, Delegate Michael Smigiel, Delegate Richard [...]
A committee established 10 months ago in response to a controversial proposal dealing with rural development and smart growth has competed its task and submitted a package of recommendations to the Queen Anne’s County Planning Commission.
“We’re done now. We have a list of recommendations that’s going forward,” said County Commission [...]
Truckers carrying loads heavier than the maximum 80,000 pounds or whose rigs have safety violations are electronically signaled to pull over at the state’s new weigh and inspection station on U.S. 301 south of Middletown.
Most truckers get the green light to keep rolling by the cream-colored one-story station with an [...]
A complaint was filed with State Attorney General`s Open Meetings Act Compliance Board alleging numerous violations of the Open Meetings Act by the Centreville Town Manager. They include:
No minutes have been produced for several meetings or were not released in a timely manner. (Eight instances) The reason given for closing several [...]Every year the Maryland Department of Planning receives a report on “acreage subject to agricultural land transfer tax” which is used to measure the amount of farmland lost to development. The total number of acres lost in Fisal Year 2009 - 3,209 acres - was lower than 2008, which itself [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. November 5, 2009 (Regular Meeting)
III. Announcement of Closed Sessions
a. none
IV. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
V. Appearances -
VI. Old Business
a. Ordinance 04-2009, Budget Amendment [...]
County Annex Building – 2nd Floor (B)
206 North Commerce Street
7:00 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER – Christopher Frank – Chair
II. Review of Minutes from Previous Meeting
III. Citizen Comment (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
IV. Appearances
a. Ron Manslow, Security Vault Works, Inc. – Simplified Site Plan for Drive-up Kiosk, BB&T [...]
Talbot County officials weren’t enamored of the town of Trappe’s desire to build a major housing development, so they twice turned down the Eastern Shore hamlet’s efforts to upgrade local sewer and water capacity, in 2004 and 2005. And theoretically, that should have been the end of it. But it [...]
Queen Anne’s County officials said they will again ask two federal agencies to hold a public meeting in Ruthsburg to preview the federal plan for a “hard skills” training center for U.S. embassy security personnel that could be built on 1,505 acres at Hunt Ray Farm, near state Routes 481 [...]
The October 15, 2009, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Council President Frank C. Ogens, in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Frank C. Ogens, Council President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; [...]
Washington County is moving ahead with a plan to more fairly tax municipal residents.
The county commissioners voted 3-0 on Tuesday in favor of the concept of charging residents of Hagerstown and the towns lower taxes than residents in unincorporated areas, who don’t fund two different local governments.
The new structure, known [...]
The Maryland Chapter of the American Planning Association recently awarded the Town of Centreville the 2009 winner in the “Small Town/Rural Initiative, Plan, jurisdictional population less than 10,000″ category for its 2009 Community Plan. For more details see the Maryland Chapter of the APA’s web site.
[...]
The parking lots of Queen Anne’s County’s Bloomfield Farm will soon be modeling the latest in a series of efforts by the county to battle stormwater runoff pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
Pervious concrete — the technology Queen Anne’s County will use in Bloomfield Farm’s parking lots — allows water [...]
Queen Anne’s County embarked on its six year update to the 2002 Comprehensive Plan about 18 months ago with three large community meetings and the formation of seven citizen committees to guide the plan update.
These citizens, about 109 volunteers, spent 10 months reviewing critical studies, conducting visioning sessions and developing [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. October 15, 2009 (Regular Meeting)
III. Announcement of Closed Sessions
a. none
IV. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
V. Appearances -
a. Annexation Agreement signing regarding Providence [...]
A Searchable Integrated Report (303d List of Impaired Waterways) is now available on the Maryland Department of the Environment’s website.
Searching for Information on the Corsica River reveals that there are three impairments listed, with one considered too difficult to assess (Aquatic Life and Wildlife), one without an established [...]
In June 2009, The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) President Darnell Earley, city manager, Saginaw, Michigan, appointed Robert C. McGrory, town manager, Centreville, Maryland, to serve on the ICMA Conference Planning Committee.
New committee members began terms of service at the 95th annual conference in Montréal, Canada held in September 2009. [...]
Midshore Regional Recycling Program - HHW / eCycle Project
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Caroline County Dept of Public Works - Denton, MD
Household Hazardous Waste
Mercury Thermometer Collection
Consumer Electronics Recycling
DIRECTIONS: Route 404 to Denton / Greensboro Exit (McDonalds, Pizza Hut) onto Route [...]
The September 16, 2009 Centreville Planning Commission meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Christopher Frank, Chairman in Meeting Room B of the County Annex Building. The following members and staff were present: Christopher Frank, Chair; Elizabeth Brice, Vice-Chair; Penny Lins, Secretary; Jim Cooke, Nick Barbalace, Norma Coursey, [...]
A closed session decision by the Worcester County Commissioners to consolidate three county departments has been found in violation of Maryland’s sunshine laws.
In response to a complaint from the Assateague Coastal Trust, the Open Meetings Compliance Board found that the discussion that took place during the May 26 closed session [...]
